B.C.’s ski season is getting underway with the help of some fresh snowfall. Skiers and boarders are hoping it will be a better season this year.
Crews knocked down a massive overnight fire at a condo building under construction in Saanich. The fire broke out at about 12:45 a.m.
As of 6:30 a.m., about 95,000 customers were without power.
RCMP said at approximately 3:38 a.m., Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a vehicle rollover in the northbound lane of Highway 99 between 16 Avenue and 32 Avenue.
An Alberta semi-trailer driver has been fined following a crash that blocked Highway 1 east of Chilliwack during the morning rush hour last Friday.
At the height of the storm on Tuesday, about 30,000 BC Hydro customers were without power, mostly on the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island.
The highway was closed westbound from Gaglardi Way to Kensington Avenue and opened around 12:30 p.m., nearly 10 hours after it was initially closed.
CRAB Park has been the home of an encampment since 2021 but those who remain living there were asked to pack up their tents starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday.
B.C.’s new cabinet is set to be sworn in on Nov. 18, one month after the provincial election that gave Premier David Eby’s NDP the slimmest of majorities, pending recounts.